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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following does Polly not keep in the "smugglers' cave"?
(a) A store of toffee
(b) Ginger beer
(c) A story she is writing
(d) Apples
2. How does Jadis get dragged from her world to the Wood?
(a) She uses her magic powers to follow the children.
(b) She is holding Digory's hand.
(c) She is holding onto Polly's hair.
(d) She is holding onto Polly's hand.
3. Where does the Ketterley family originate?
(a) Yorkshire
(b) Buckinghamshire
(c) Shropshire
(d) Dorsetshire
4. What is Uncle Andrew's characteristic gesture or habit while speaking?
(a) Rubbing his hands and making his knuckles crack
(b) Stroking his chin
(c) Running his hands through his rumpled gray hair
(d) Drumming his fingers on the tabletop
5. In what city is this story set?
(a) York
(b) Manchester
(c) New York
(d) London
Short Answer Questions
1. What color of light does Digory notice overhead first after putting on the yellow ring?
2. What fruit does the visitor bring for Digory's mother?
3. What does Uncle Andrew offer to Polly?
4. Which possible fate does Uncle Andrew not suggest may happen to Polly if Digory does not go to rescue her?
5. Had Digory seen Mrs Lefay before?
Short Essay Questions
1. How can Jadis travel out of her world even though she is not wearing a magic ring?
2. What does Uncle Andrew do after he leaves his study and why?
3. Why does Aunt Letty give Uncle Andrew such a tart reply when he asks to borrow some money from her?
4. Why does Jadis want to travel to our world?
5. What surprises the children when they open the door and leave the tunnel?
6. What do the children quarrel about?
7. What is ironic about the chief policeman's question to Uncle Andrew?
8. What is unusual about the ruins they find themselves in?
9. What does Digory say that actually gets Uncle Andrew's full attention and why does it have this effect?
10. What does Aunt Letty believe about Jadis?
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